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Test Description: Review of the Solar System, Planets, comets, meteors, ellipses, eccentricity, heliocentric, and geocentric models
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The first scientist to hypothesize that the planets orbit the sun was____.
A
Kepler
B
Hubble
C
Ptolemy
D
Copernicus
2) The high temperatures on the surface of Venus are the result of the compositon of its__
A
rocky core
B
atmosphere
C
liquid oceans
D
solar radiation
3) This planet is known as the Earth's twin
A
Venus
B
Neptune
C
Mercury
D
Saturn
4) On which planet is a large portion of the surface covered by liquid water?
A
Earth
B
Mercury
C
Venus
D
Mars
5) This planet rolls like a ball because of its axis of tilt
A
Uranus
B
Jupiter
C
Pluto
D
Mars
6) Astronomers believe that the presence of storms on Jupiter is from
A
The appearance of an oort cloud surrounding the planet
B
An analysis of Jupiter's many moons.
C
Its position on the far side of the asteroid belt
D
The Great Red Spot, which can be seen through telescopes
7) Which planet has period of rotation longer than its period of its revolution
A
Mercury
B
Saturn
C
Pluto
D
Venus
8) The fastest rotating planet
A
Neptune
B
Mercury
C
Pluto
D
Jupiter
9) A comet has two tails, one of ions and another of
A
carbon dioxide
B
dust
C
methane
D
ice
10) The tail of a comet will point______the sun as it approaches it.
A
toward
B
away from
C
at a right angle.
D
none of these
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